Lesley Garrett

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.

— Lesley Garrett

The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

— Lesley Garrett

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

— Lesley Garrett

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.

— Lesley Garrett

There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

— Lesley Garrett

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

— Lesley Garrett

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

— Lesley Garrett

I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.

— Lesley Garrett

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

— Lesley Garrett

I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind.

— Lesley Garrett

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

— Lesley Garrett

My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have…

— Lesley Garrett

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the…

— Lesley Garrett

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present…

— Lesley Garrett

I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would…

— Lesley Garrett

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like…

— Lesley Garrett

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful…

— Lesley Garrett

As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so…

— Lesley Garrett

I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I've always cared about the…

— Lesley Garrett

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

— Lesley Garrett

Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

— Lesley Garrett

I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community.

— Lesley Garrett

I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.

— Lesley Garrett

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

— Lesley Garrett

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

— Lesley Garrett